Violence in older people with mental illness

Advances in Psychiatric Treatment

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 339-348

  O'Callaghan, Charlotte E ^a   Richman, Anna V ^b   Majumdar, Biswadeep ^c  

^a Mersey Rotational Training Scheme ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Mossley Hill Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c Waterloo Day Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMFEBUTAMONE; ARIPIPRAZOLE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHOLECYSTOKININ; DONEPEZIL; DOPAMINE; ESCITALOPRAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; GALANTAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HALOPERIDOL; MELATONIN; MONTELUKAST; OLANZAPINE; OPIATE PEPTIDE; PLACEBO; QUETIAPINE; REBOXETINE; RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN; SERTRALINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID; VASOPRESSIN; VENLAFAXINE; VIGABATRIN; ZONISAMIDE;

AGGRESSION; AGGRESSIVENESS; AGITATION; ALCOHOLISM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; APATHY; AROMATHERAPY; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN TUMOR; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; IRRITABILITY; KLUVER BUCY SYNDROME; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROIMAGING; PARANOIA; PERSONALITY; PICK PRESENILE DEMENTIA; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QT INTERVAL; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SIDE EFFECT; STROKE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; VIOLENCE; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 77956321943     PISSN: 13555146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/apt.bp.108.006288     Document Type: Review

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